Yard work again, it seems that there are a few leaks in the irrigation valves, missing sprinkler heads and the ever present dandelions. A friend mentioned that he always applies a pre emergent before the 'lions" attack. I guess it's a little late for that. Where was that advice a month ago!The fore mentioned dandelion is otherwise known as Taraxacum. It's common name is derived from the French dent-de-lion, or "lion's tooth" The English folk term is "pissabeds": due to the plants diuretic properties!
Each spring my family would go gather a "mess a greens" from the yard before the blossoms spouted and cook them up like spinach. I can't say if I ever tried them, however if you do I would recommend you stay close to the loo! If that doesn’t concern you here is a link to some choice recipes,
http://www.mountain-breeze.com/kitchen/dandelions/
Yum, Fried Dandelion Blossoms sounds pretty good!
2 comments:
I had no idea people eat dandelions. I checked out the site... yum... dandelion salad! Sounds scrumptious, eh?
Once you've neglected to put on pre emergent the only way to really get rid of weeds is to pull them out. Eating the things sounds like another one of your farmer things.
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